59 Clarification of residence

No. 59. Clarification Of Residence

Decision: The residence of a person referred to in the Constitution is his legal residence or domicile in exactly the same sense as that which determines his right to vote, and that a lodge cannot receive a petition, under Section 1.7.16 of Article VII of the Constitution, until the petitioner, having actually established his legal residence within this Grand Jurisdiction with the further qualification that he had resided in the State at least one year.

Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.16. May 18, 1908. (Armington, GM)

Amended November 17, 1979.